University of Edinburgh

A Unified Transparency Account of Self-Knowledge

Academic History:

2014-present: PhD Student in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

2010-2013: MA in Philosophy, University of Vienna

2007-2010: BA in Philosophy, University of Vienna

Supervisors:

Dr Aidan McGlynn

Professor Jesper Kallestrup

Research Interests:

•    Epistemology
•    Philosophy of Mind
•    Self-Knowledge
•    Consciousness

I am currently working on a PhD thesis on the topic of self-knowledge. In particular, I am arguing for an original transparency account that explains knowledge for all types of propositional attitudes (& perhaps even non-propositional attitudes). I take this project to be part of my longstanding interest in epistemological issues relevant to philosophy of mind. On the same token I am interested in explanation & inference to the best explanation with regard to phenomenal consciousness.

Previous Research Projects:

My MA thesis focused on inference to the best explanation as a methodology to solve the hard problem of consciousness. I proposed to model explanatory relations of theories for phenomenal consciousness and evaluate these theories based on coherence.

Scholarships:

AHRC Studentship, 2015 - present

Performance Scholarship, University of Vienna, 2010

Performance Scholarship, University of Vienna, 2009

Awards:

Würdigungspreis des Bundesministers für Wissenschaft und Forschung 2013 (Honorary Prize of the Austrian Minister of Science 2013)

Contact Details:

Address: School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD

Email: L.Schwengerer@sms.ed.ac.uk

First published: 1 September 2015